Estimated Precipitation Image from NASA:
<http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12125>

"Heavy Rains Flood Costa Rica
A tropical easterly wave contributed to heavy rains and flooding over much
of Costa Rica. The hardest hit areas were along the Caribbean coastline and
the Caribbean slope, and the heaviest rains fell on the May 10, 2004. At
least 2000 people were forced to leave their homes and one man drowned as a
result of the flooding.

The TRMM-based, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA)
at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center monitors rainfall over the global
tropics. MPA rainfall totals are shown for Central America for the period
6-11 May, 2004. The highest rainfall totals are on the order of 12 inches
(darker reds) and occur over the Caribbean coastal areas of Costa Rica and
just off shore of the northern coast of Panama. Heavy rains also fell over
mountainous areas in Colombia (red areas on the lower right) during the
period."

At 06:23 AM 5/14/2004, WeatherMatrix Admin wrote:

>1800 affected by flooding in Costa Rica
>Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
>... after days of severe rainfall left around 1,800 people affected by
>floods and at ... As the ground saturates easily, heavy rainfall can often
>lead to flooding. ...
><http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/108432310470.htm>
>

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